10 USC § 9252 - Service credit: regular enlisted members; service as an officer to be counted as enlisted service

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title: "10 USC § 9252 - Service credit: regular enlisted members; service as an officer to be counted as enlisted service"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "9252"
section_name: "Service credit: regular enlisted members; service as an officer to be counted as enlisted service"
chapter_number: 933
chapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 535, § 8684; renumbered § 9252, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(b)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 923(c)(10), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3811; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1721(a)(4), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 665.)"
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# § 9252. Service credit: regular enlisted members; service as an officer to be counted as enlisted service

An enlisted member of the Regular Air Force or the Space Force is entitled to count active service as an officer in the Air Force, in the Space Force, and in the Army, as enlisted service for all purposes.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 535, § 8684; renumbered § 9252, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(b)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 923(c)(10), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3811; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1721(a)(4), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 665.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 8684 | 10:631a (last proviso). | July 14, 1939, ch. 267, § 1 (last proviso); restated May 29, 1954, ch. 249, § 19(b) (last proviso), 68 Stat. 166. |

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2023— struck out “Regular” before “Space Force is entitled”.

2021— inserted “or the Regular Space Force” after “Regular Air Force” and “in the Space Force,” after “in the Air Force,”.

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .